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Bec Hardy Pertaringa Belonging to the Hills GSM 2024

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If one wished to compare the two GSM releases under the Pertaringa label, I think today it would be line ball. Both have a good future, but in the long run, one suspects that this wine has even more staying power. The Grenache and Mourvèdre were sourced from various vineyards in McLaren Vale, while the Shiraz came from the Picnic Grounds Vineyard on Kay’s Road, a property once owned by Thomas Hardy. Fermentation and maturation of the varieties is done separately, with the maturation for eight months. Dark maroon, the nose reveals aromas of blackberries, beef stock, black cherries, dried herbs, mushrooms, animal skins and wild raspberries. There is good length here and the wine is taut and poised with good focus and firm tannins. It does have a slight savouriness and austerity to it at this stage. It should continue to drink well for the next ten to fifteen years.

Ken Gargett

Contributor at Winepilot

Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.

Wine writer and critic